Fruitygoo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Keeper..... 7 Wilson.... 7 Clarke...6 Gerrard ... 6 Hunt...6 Back 4 with little pace and not much going forward Fane.. 7.5 Green... 6 Banks...5 mclaughlin.. 6 Fane breaks it up well and looks more solid and muscular this year. I think he could be a very good player. Green out of position but worker hard Banks....Apparantly if you criticise him you're making him the whipping boy but he does that himself. Absolute waste of a shirt. Cant run, cant pass, cant deliver a set peice, cant tackle, loses men all the time and swans about like hes zidane. I dont wanna see him play again. Mclaughlin tried but no end product. Ultimately a 4 with no creativity and not much steel. Lost count of how many times oxford jogged through the middle without a challange. Fane cant do it all Holloway.. 6 Davies..6 Average ratings for these two but they had zero service....as such went looking for the ball in all the wrong areas to match their skill set Subs Flynn... 4 Duffus.. 6 (same as other strikers) Tope.. 6 Not solid enough in midfield to be hard to beat and not enough creativity to just outscore a team... Worrying times but still time to beef up the squad... It needs it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdog Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Ye gods that was not good to watch...no shape, no wingers, no shots. best team won. New GK looked okay, like it's been said he likes to distribute it early, shame we don't have anyone to act upon it and it comes right back. Fane my MOTM. get the buggers in tomoz and let them sit through the recorded match and stick the relegation fav on the dressing room door to motivate them. normal service has resumed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Fruitygoo said: Keeper..... 7 Wilson.... 7 Clarke...6 Gerrard ... 6 Hunt...6 Back 4 with little pace and not much going forward Fane.. 7.5 Green... 6 Banks...5 mclaughlin.. 6 Fane breaks it up well and looks more solid and muscular this year. I think he could be a very good player. Green out of position but worker hard Banks....Apparantly if you criticise him you're making him the whipping boy but he does that himself. Absolute waste of a shirt. Cant run, cant pass, cant deliver a set peice, cant tackle, loses men all the time and swans about like hes zidane. I dont wanna see him play again. Mclaughlin tried but no end product. Ultimately a 4 with no creativity and not much steel. Lost count of how many times oxford jogged through the middle without a challange. Fane cant do it all Holloway.. 6 Davies..6 Average ratings for these two but they had zero service....as such went looking for the ball in all the wrong areas to match their skill set Subs Flynn... 4 Duffus.. 6 (same as other strikers) Tope.. 6 Not solid enough in midfield to be hard to beat and not enough creativity to just outscore a team... Worrying times but still time to beef up the squad... It needs it! Agree with most of that, except Banks with a 5, more like a 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Dident take our chances again and was punished, Davies Green and Tope all good chances but spooned them all, Oxford decent side and there defence dealt with everything we threw at them Davies and Holloway won't work to simular for me, need someone running off them like Tope or Mcghuachlin, Banks weak as piss hopefully Gardener is better, Green poor, Fand did his job, our MOM was Brian Wilson dident put a foot wrong all game, like to see Duffus start next game with Tope, only the first day hopefully Shez has a couple more irons in the fire i.e. new players 2 trialists looked good and maybe one more midfield player Welsh or Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Banks and Green very poor, Did Holloway have one attempt at goal? The subs made no difference at all which is concerning. Having said that Duffus must start against Burton. Should we have played a game last Tuesday? the playes looked drained rather than the expected super fit. Oxford were far sharper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceskylatic Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Midfield looked unbalanced with Fane on the left and McLaughlin in the middle. Don't know whether this was tried before today in preseason. Like someone else said 3-5-2 looks the best formation with the players we have, i.e Green, Fane and either Gardner or Fawns in the centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 7 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Banks and Green very poor, Did Holloway have one attempt at goal? The subs made no difference at all which is concerning. Having said that Duffus must start against Burton. Should we have played a game last Tuesday? the playes looked drained rather than the expected super fit. Oxford were far sharper. Holloway was ineffective, yes, but the service was dross. He won't have a chance to score in this side apart from the lucky odd ricochet. Of that midfield three, two have to be replaced by a new man with a bit of everything or else we're going to be absolutely dreadful in front of goal again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Holloway could become a target for the boo boys pretty soon. Green will be first though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitygoo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, deyres42 said: Holloway could become a target for the boo boys pretty soon. Green will be first though. Green works hard but is definately not a wide man. His work ethic will keep boo boys away. Hollaway, again, should be ok as people can see its a service issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAV Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Oxford were a pretty good professional outfit,we were a not very good professional outfit..But when have the rules been changed,that when a defender can handle the ball in the area and throw it out for a corner been introduced ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, Fruitygoo said: Green works hard but is definately not a wide man. His work ethic will keep boo boys away. Hollaway, again, should be ok as people can see its a service issue A striker who never scores, ok if you're winning, problem if not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 No beating about the bush, that was awful! Their keeper won't have an easier afternoon all season. Players out of position again! Green is no RW, play McLaughlin there and tope on the left. Holloways best work was out wide instead of in the box, he's certainly not the answer to our lack of goals. Davies meh! Oxford were good value for their win, looked to get forward and much quicker to any loose balls and more determination ( which is criminal for an home team imo ) early days but I'm seeing the same old problems, no creativity from midfield whatsoever, banks was awful and played too deep. Hope we still have scope to wheel and deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundaryblue80 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Fruitygoo said: Keeper..... 7 Wilson.... 7 Clarke...6 Gerrard ... 6 Hunt...6 Back 4 with little pace and not much going forward Fane.. 7.5 Green... 6 Banks...5 mclaughlin.. 6 Fane breaks it up well and looks more solid and muscular this year. I think he could be a very good player. Green out of position but worker hard Banks....Apparantly if you criticise him you're making him the whipping boy but he does that himself. Absolute waste of a shirt. Cant run, cant pass, cant deliver a set peice, cant tackle, loses men all the time and swans about like hes zidane. I dont wanna see him play again. Mclaughlin tried but no end product. Ultimately a 4 with no creativity and not much steel. Lost count of how many times oxford jogged through the middle without a challange. Fane cant do it all Holloway.. 6 Davies..6 Average ratings for these two but they had zero service....as such went looking for the ball in all the wrong areas to match their skill set Subs Flynn... 4 Duffus.. 6 (same as other strikers) Tope.. 6 Not solid enough in midfield to be hard to beat and not enough creativity to just outscore a team... Worrying times but still time to beef up the squad... It needs it! This is the best write up I’ve read so far. Agreed with every word and feel Green is coming in for some unfair stick tbh. He can’t cross them balls in, it’s not his game but when they broke it was him getting back and doing the dirty work. Fane did too on the other side of the diamond. The tactic just didn’t work. Infact, no midfield will with Banks in it. We saw this last season. Someone above says Shez will know what needs to be done with the midfield...I hope he does. I’ve been disappointed he didn’t tell Banks and Flynn to find new clubs as the coach rolled out of Wimbledon in April. Hopefully Gardner and A.N.Other will be the answer because if we keep doing the same, we will get the same results. 135pts to play for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 1 minute ago, latics22 said: Oxford won't be up there, they looked mildly better than us and we were dross Disagree, they looked good at the back, midfield was miles better than ours, and the striker caused a few problems, I think they'll be pushing for the play offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Lets not hide behind the offside goal, their keeper handling outside the box and their defender handling on the line. Forget the three fluffed chances. There were three things wrong today - the tactics, the players selected and the shape. I do not want to watch long ball float it forward football. What a load of rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayItLivo Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Dunno how he played today but Ben Wilson just walked past me in Blackpool and I said "Good game, good game" propa Bruce Forsyth like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, latics22 said: Oxford won't be up there, they looked mildly better than us and we were dross Have to disagree, they will be up there this season with quality players like Payne in the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Today was crying out of a Baxter type player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stanley30 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I know I'm classed as a troll on here but thought the back 4 were tight today, they will improve over time with wilson organising them. Midfield played safe and felt that no one drove us forward. Front. 2 had no service so struggled. For me fawns would have made a dif today, we need a creative spark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, Stanley30 said: I know I'm classed as a troll on here but thought the back 4 were tight today, they will improve over time with wilson organising them. Midfield played safe and felt that no one drove us forward. Front. 2 had no service so struggled. For me fawns would have made a dif today, we need a creative spark Spot with the last bit, we definitely need that creative spark, we need to play 3-5-2 for me today we were set up wrong Green should not be the one trying to put in crosses from the right he should be more central with Fane alongside him (who was our best player today). Put today behind us we can and will do much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Just wonder what exactly have they been working on in pre-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 15 minutes ago, Stanley30 said: I know I'm classed as a troll on here but thought the back 4 were tight today, they will improve over time with wilson organising them. Midfield played safe and felt that no one drove us forward. Front. 2 had no service so struggled. For me fawns would have made a dif today, we need a creative spark I thought our defence was weak today, even Clarke was at fault for their second imo, too many times they waltzed into our box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 13 minutes ago, frizzell54 said: Just wonder what exactly have they been working on in pre-season. Shez said last week he's always known his starting X1, that's a bit worrying after today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergie Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 That today was utter pish hoof hoof hoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 This idea of playing players out of position baffles me! Green as a RW.....no way, if you want width then play natural wingers. And tell the forwards to occupy the box in the unlikely event we get a decent cross in! Holloway drifts to the wing like countless strikers before him, maybe frustration at the lack of any quality service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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